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Throne of Darkness

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Throne of Darkness
Description
Terror Strides Our Land. You and Your Seven Samurai Stand Between Order and Oblivion. In the ancient land of Yamato, an aging and power-hungry warlord, in his desire to live forever, has unleashed an unspeakable horror - the demon Zanshin and his horde of monsters and undead warriors. The land is s...
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2001, CLICK Entertainment, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
15 hMain
25.5 h Main + Sides
27.5 h Completionist
23 h All Styles
Description
Terror Strides Our Land. You and Your Seven Samurai Stand Between Order and Oblivion.

In the ancient land of Yamato, an aging and power-hungry warlord, in his desire to live forever, has unleashed an unspeakable horror - the demon Zanshin and his horde of monsters and undead warriors. The land is soaked in the blood of your people, and the seven samurai in your party are Yamato's only hope. Use magic, weaponry, and wits to destroy Zanshin before his darkness becomes complete.
  • Command Seven Mighty Samurai - Control up to four fierce warriors at any one time as you face the Dark Warlord's hell-spawned minions.
  • Adaptable Weapons and Magic - Search perilous lands for new weapons, armor and artifacts. Combine elements to forge new items with powerful and unique attributes.
  • Diverse, Formidable Lands - Struggle through massive environments teeming with giant dragons, evil spirits, shadow soldiers, and more.

© 2001 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark and Throne of Darkness is a trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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Please Note: Throne of Darkness only supports multiplayer connectivity over LAN or direct connection. Throne of Darkness also does not have a windowed mode and supports fullscreen only.

Please Note: Throne of Darkness only supports multiplayer connectivity over LAN or direct connection. Throne of Darkness also does not have a windowed mode and supports fullscreen only.

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DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
15 hMain
25.5 h Main + Sides
27.5 h Completionist
23 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-09-25T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
1.1 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood and Gore)

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Posted on: May 25, 2017

csingacsguk

Games: 106 Reviews: 10

Diablo for patient people

I remember playing this game and spending a lot of time AFK, waiting for my characters to heal, because healing potions were pretty expensive, and you use tons of them during battle. Having 7 characters means having 7 inventories, 7 skill trees, 7 attributes tables. I personally love this aspect of the game, but I'm sure a lot of you would hate it. The spells and formations are pretty useless, i mean, you can't expect early 2000's AI to utilise all of these complex abilities. Even if YOU are controlling the wizard, you'll have trouble using the right spells at the right time. Instead of towns with vendors and stuff, you have access to a blacksmith and a priest (I think) window. Wherever you are in the world, you just press a button and get to consult with your personal blacksmith, which is a bit weird, but I liked the idea. Instead of the usual 'click on the thing you want and it's transferred to you instantly', you have to wait for him to actually make the item. Depending on the quality, it may take up to 10 minutes. Feels like one of those modern mobile games, huh? It feels like I'm just making a list of all the flaws the game has, but these aren't really flaws in my opinion. It's all about what you prefer. If you want a quick-paced, no-b.s. hack-n-slash, then you shouldn't be looking at a game where you control more characters. I don't really understand the comparison to Diablo. Yes, they look similar, but playing them feels completely different. It's more of a 'Dungeon siege category' for me. Overall, this is a rather challenging game, which will test your endurance and patience, but that only makes the finish more rewarding. If you're a fan of the genre, you definately should pick it up. As for as I know this is the first time you can buy it digitally, and it's really worth the price.


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Posted on: May 26, 2017

tocumi

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Games: 180 Reviews: 1

Under appreciated gem!

This is a fantastic game that was develop by some of the people that made Diablo so there are some game play elements people will find familiar. I would gladly recommend this to anyone. The game tried to be different in a couple of areas such as allowing you to switch to any character you like rather than playing one character at a time. You do not need to use them all, as I remembered. The ending leaves it open for a sequel, however the game didn't do too well. Had it come out today with a bit of polish, the story would be different. I bought this game when it was release on CD many years ago. Never regretted it. Don't get scared like the rest of the reviewers with controlling more than one people. The AI is pretty good once you understand how formation works. Trust me, the AI is a lot smarter that those in Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, and most multi-character control RPGs. I controlled the mage and easily wipe out my enemies in no time. The other characters are just there to take dmg. Healing really isn't a big deal like the other reviewers mentioned, since I kill most before my guys actually take significant dmg. Just like any other game, read how formation works and where best to put each character before you complain about it. For the price, I would recommend you give it a chance. I bought the digital version to support GOG, it's too bad the original developer won't be seeing it or making any other games. I truly hope they come back with a kick-starter or something.


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Posted on: May 25, 2017

lordcabrito

Games: 482 Reviews: 6

Good but flawed

Throne of Darkness is one of the most original Diablo clones out there. You fught every japanesse legend with seven different characters with 4 at the same time (3 controlled by the AI). Is like Play Diablo 2 but with every character at the same time. But, thats the problem too. The micromanagment of 7 characters with weapons, armors and skillpoints is tiring and slow. The AI is good but The Formations don´t do anything and some characters are too week to let the AI control them. Every character level up at the same time, but if you go with characters Which you have not used for a long time, you gonna lose A LOT of time spending skill points (Like Diablo, Streght, Magic, Endurance, Agility and Special abilities) and trying to find new or better weapon and armors for them- or play micromanaging every seven characters at the same time... But i think is the worst problem is the sound feedback when you fight enemies. In every ARPG you feel when you hit the enbemie and that make you feel good and kn´w you´re hitting them. In Throne of Darkness you only hear the sword cutting the air. So you never known or feel if you hit a enemie. Good everyoments, good music, good enemy dising. Is from some of the makers of Diablo 1 so you know what expect. At that price, it´s super recommended!


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Posted on: May 25, 2017

YrdenNerf

Games: Reviews: 2

Fun RPG Hack & Slash

Like many other games, this one also inspired by Diablo, adding the unique Japanese themed style for both art and gameplay. There is some form of crafting system which can be very fun even though some actions require you to actually WAIT in game time which can even take minutes, that can be a bit annoying. Skill system is actually very fun, again resembles the Diablo type talent tree, but you control up to 4 characters at once so you can have a wide variety of "builds", but that been said, its pretty clunky controlling all of them and I mostly found myself controlling one and letting the AI do the rest. This may be the reason the game can be hard at times but my memory of it is of early age so maybe these days it'll be easy enough :)


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Posted on: May 26, 2017

hajtez

Games: 33 Reviews: 1

Hardcore Diablo type game

Played a lot in the old days. Good for Diablo hardcore players. Here even on normal creatures levelup fast but you don't and... since creatures do not regenerate you cannot grind. To add up - low resources and money. Still a lot of fun and satisfaction when ou get to the end. More than 30h of playing.


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